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Five-ring Circus
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The London Olympics Sap-o-Meter
The return of Slate’s scientific guide to the schmaltziness of NBC’s Olympics coverage.
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"I Feel Bad 4 Our Fans That Have 2 Push Mute”
What Hope Solo’s war of words with player-turned-broadcaster Brandi Chastain reveals about the state of women’s soccer.
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Out of Step
Female gymnasts used to be fantastic dancers. How did the floor exercise get so graceless?
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What Olympians Looked Like 100 Years Ago
Photos of the sometimes scrawny, frequently mustachioed athletes from the 1912 Stockholm Games.
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Monty Python’s Flying Olympic Opening Ceremony
The incredibly goofy kickoff to the London games.
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Olympinomics
David Cameron says the Olympics will boost Great Britain’s ailing economy—could he be right?
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They’re Not Creepy
The creator of the London Olympics mascots Wenlock and Mandeville defends his creations against their online critics.
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What To Watch at the London Olympics
Slate’s day-by-day cheat sheet to the events everyone will be watching and the hidden gems you won’t want to miss.
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The Irish Whales
America’s gluttonous, English-hating, gold-medal-winning Olympic heroes of the early 20th century.
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How Badly Would Usain Bolt Destroy the Best Sprinter of 1896?
The champs of bygone Olympics take on today’s best sprinters, jumpers, throwers, and swimmers—a Slate interactive.
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A Grand Unified Theory of Olympic Mascots
Above all else, a mascot must be adorable. So why are London’s Wenlock and Mandeville so creepy?
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Patsy and Edina Drink in the Olympic Spectacle
The Ab Fab girls crash the London Games—or try to, anyway.
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Gender Games
The Olympics has a new way to test whether athletes are men or women. Is it fair?
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The British Are Coming (in Fourth)
As a kid in the U.K., I watched Team Great Britain lose and lose and lose. That’s why I love the Olympics.
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Bear Baiting, Shin Kicking, and Races for Old Women
The surprising British origins of the modern Olympic Games.
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Six Minutes in Berlin
In 1936, nine American rowers took on the Nazis in front of Hitler and 75,000 screaming Germans. The story of the greatest Olympic race you’ve never heard of.
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The Revenge of the Olympic Beret
We thought it was dead, but Ralph Lauren has brought back the hideous headgear for the London Games.
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They Shot, They Scored
Canada's classic win over Team USA capped off a fantastic Olympic hockey tournament and redeemed a crummy Winter Olympics.
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The Olympics Sap-o-Meter
The Sap-o-Meter says an emotional goodbye to Vancouver. Plus: the Sappiest Word of the 2010 Olympic Games.
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Ladies' Free Skating
The angelic lightness of Yu-Na, the profound sorrow of Joannie.
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The Olympics Sap-o-Meter
Courage, determination, and passion at the ladies' figure skating finals.
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Skate With Slate
Slate writers and editors chatted live about the Vancouver Olympics. Read the transcript.
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